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Palinopsia is a rare visual disorder in which the repeated occurrence of visual images occurs even after the stimulus is removed. The cause may be idiopathic (unknown). This may be due to medications and trauma to the head; it is of two types, namely hallucinatory and illusory palinopsia. The treatment includes prescribing alternate drugs causing palinopsia, tinted lenses, sunglasses, and neuron excitability; decreasing medications such as Clonidine, Gabapentin, and Acetazolamide are prescribed.

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Palinopsia - Types, Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Palinopsia is a visual disorder where people see reappearing and persisting images of an object even after removing the source.

4 min readJune 26, 2023